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Farofa, pão de alho, maionese... um prato brasileiro familiar
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Farofa, pão de alho, maionese... um prato brasileiro familiar

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I have a little obsession with family dishes. And I don't mean “familiar” in terms of size, but, rather, those typical platters filled with plenty of different stews and sides, that sometimes don’t even seem to make sense between each other, but as a whole they do; and that are served on weekends —or holidays— with no other aim than to gather, celebrate, and pamper those we love. Hence their perfection and deliciousness.

Exactly two years ago, I published something close to this concept in this newsletter, with the help of my friend Linita who shared with me —remotely— a couple of Colombian Christmas recipes (including one for buñuelos, which I am going to prepare very soon). A few months before that, she had already shared with me her family recipes for two typical dishes from her region, Valle del Cauca (she is originally from Cali): sancocho and empanadas. The recipes include her mom's advice on audio ❤️.

Here are the links to both entries…

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ABOUT LATIN ROCK AND COLOMBIAN HOLIDAY FAVORITES: Buñuelos, Tamales Navideños, and Chocolate con Queso.
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VALLECAUCANA CUISINE: Sancocho & Empanadas.
Sometimes food works like an umbilical cord that keeps us tied to our places of origin. This is the case of Linita who has developed an even stronger bond to the cuisine of her country, Colombia since she’s been living with her husband in the US. Se didn’t cook before, and now she wakes up every morning to homemade breakfast arepas, and has started to experiment with other typical dishes, like the ones she shares with us today: sancocho and empanadas. These two traditional foods can be found all over Colombia with different variations, but these recipes are particular to Cali, her hometown. Linita is another of those amazing people I was lucky to become friends with during the pandemic through Instagram. She is a journalist and social communicator by the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, and she also studied cooking in the Escuela Culinaria Las Margaritas in Guatemala, but mostly worked in advertising before she moved with her husband to the suburbs of Chicago …
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Today, as I promised last week, I am reproducing a Brazilian dish with recipes from my friend and fellow journalist and Substack author,

Flávia Schiochet
—whom I interviewed in my previous post. She’s been living in the city of Curitiba, in the state of Paraná, for 11 years, but she is originally from Jaraguá do Sul, in the state of Santa Catarina, where her family still lives. When I asked her to describe a favorite, symbolic dish, Flavia told me that one of the foods she enjoys the most (even in her vegetarian stage, when she only left the meat out) is the combination of garnishes that are typically served around cupim assado —a slow-roasted beef (zebu) loin. In some homes, however, as in the case of Flavia’s, it is common for the cupim assado to be replaced by beef brisket, cooked in a pressure cooker, and previously sautéed, in what she refers to as "the Brazilian Holy Trinity.", a kind of sofrito made with garlic, onion, and tomato.

At Flavia's house, this meat is accompanied by a wide variety of family dishes —as you can see in the image above, which portrays what she describes as a “common banquet” while her grandmother (to whom she dedicates the text How to Cook a Woman) was still alive—which includes maionese (potato salad), farofa (cassava flour with butter and toasted onion, pictured above), cassava puree, salad, and pão de alho (garlic bread).

Next week, in ATOLE CON EL DEDO, I am going to give you a list of links and tips on where to get farofa and other South American products for future recipes.

The recipes…

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